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J. W. ELLIOT.

00m HOLDER AND COUNTER. No. 253,272. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN W. ELLIOT, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS H. SHEPPARD, OF SAME PLACE.

COIN HOLDER AND COUNTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,272, dated February 7, 1882,

Application filed May 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHNWHEELER ELLIOT, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province ofOntario, Canada, have in vented a new and useful Apparatus for Holding and Counting Ooined Money, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which will hold coined money, indicate the amount contained within it, register the amount withdrawn in any given time, and from which either one or any number of the coins desired may be withdrawn from it with dispatch and accuracy by the owner or operator of the apparatus; and it consists essentiallyofa cylindrical case the interior diameter of which is of a suitable size to hold the coin which is intended to be placed within it. A vertical slot made from the base of the case to or near its top with an index on the side of the slot to indicate the amount of coin it contains, a push-plate to remove the coin singly, and a trap-door at the base of the case to be usedwhen more than one coin is to be removed, are both operated by a spring specially arranged forthe purpose. An indicating plateor pointer is arranged in connection with the slot, as hereinafter explained, to be used either as a telltale to record the number of coins withdrawn, or as a cutoff plate to hold the coin above it while those below it are withdrawn through the trap-door.

In the drawings I show in perspective Figures 1, 2, and 3, representing three sizes of my apparatus. Fig. at is a plan of the base, showing the push-plate; and Fig. 5 is a similar plan, showing the pivoted trap-door.

In the drawings, A is the base of the case B. A vertical slot, 0, is cutin the cylindrical case, as shown, and a series of graduations, D, is placed on the side of the slot. At the bottom of the case B a hole is cut through the base A, corresponding in size to the interior diameter of the case.

To the base A is pivoted thepush-plate F. This push-plate passes through a horizontal slot at the base of the case B,which slotis made sufficiently large to allow the free passage of a single coin, which is pushed out of the case by the action of the push-plate F.

A bow-spring, G, is connected, as represented, to the trap E and push-plate F, so that its tension holds the trap over the hole in the base and pushes back the plate F outside of the case. Although the spring is attached to both the plate F and trap IE, it does not interfere with the independent Working of the two-that is to say, by pulling on the handle H, which is connected to the push-plate F, as shown, this plate is caused to pass through the horizontal slot referred to, the spring causing it to spring back so soon as the pressure is removed oft the handle H. This-action is performed without affecting the trap E, which can only be opened 7 by pressure on the handle I, the tension of the spring causing it to spring back when the pressure is removed from this latter handle.

J is a vertical spindle, secured to the base A and to an arm on the case B, as shown. A dividing-arm, K, is pivoted on the spindle J, and may be moved vertically on this spindle.

Having now described the general construction of my apparatus, a few words will suffice to explain its operation. We will assume that we wish to handle as change five-cent, tencent, and twenty-five-cent pieces, the cases for which are represented respectively in Figs. 1,

2, and 3. The case made as shown is secured in a suitable manner to a shelf or table so arranged that the operators hand may be passed below the base for the purpose of receiving the coins when the trap E is opened. The indexplate in Fig. 1 represents a case capable of containing sixty five-cent pieces-via, three dollars. Fig. 2 represents sixty ten-cent pieces, 8 or six dollars, while Fig. 3 thirty-two twentyfive-cent pieces, or eight dollars. When the case is full the amount contained in each is of course known. By moving the handle H the push-plate F withdraws one coin, which is caught in the hand. No other can come out until the handle is permitted to spring back,

so that each timea coin is withdrawn and the handle springs back the rest of the coins sink in the case, indicating by their top line the 5 number of them remaining in the case.

If itis desired at any time to know the amount of coin withdrawn should the case not be full, the dividing-arm K is set at the top of the coin in the case. It will then merely be necessary to I00 look at the indicator D to see the number of coins withdrawn from the time the dividingarm, is set.

Should it be desired to withdraw any number of coin at a time instantaneously, the divider-arm is slipped between the top of the last coin to be withdrawn and the bottom of the one next to it. This arm will thus support all the coin above it, while all those below it can be withdrawn by springing open the trap E in the manner hereinbefore described.

I may mention that for safety it may be advisable to place the cases containing the coin within a small burglar-proof safe, and a hopperto receive the coin may be placed over each case.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A cylindrical case, A, of suitable diameter, setv over a hole in the base B, and having a vertical slot, C, out in it, as described, to permit the insertion of the divider-arm K, in combination with the pivoted trap E, held over the hole in the base A by the bow-spring G and operated by the handle I, substantially as and 101' the purpose specified.

2. The slotted cylindrical case B, having a horizontal slot cut through it at or near its base, in combination with the pivoted push-- plate F, curved to pass through said slot, and the bow-sprin g Gr, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In connection with a cylindrical case containing coin, and having a pivoted push-plate to remove the coin one by one, and a pivoted trap through which the coin may be dropped when more than one is required, the combination of a bow-spring, G, one end of which is connected to the trap, so as to keep it closed, while its other end is attached to the pushplate, so as to keep it clear of the case.

4. In connection with a cylindrical case containing coin, and having a vertical slot cut through it to expose the coin, and an index, D, to indicate their number, the combination of a dividing-arm, K, sliding on the vertical spindle J, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J. W. ELLIOT. Witnesses:

G. W. BALDWIN, H. H. WARREN. 

